Nightingale Primary School, London

Ofsted's report card from its 15 April 2026 inspection grades Nightingale Primary School on 7 areas: 6 strong standard and 1 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Leaders prioritise securing pupils' knowledge in reading, writing and mathematics."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "The school places a strong emphasis on securing high attendance."

Early years - Strong standard. "The early years provision is a joyful environment where children are highly engaged in their learning, both indoors and outdoors."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have established an inclusive culture in which pupils are known well and valued as individuals."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders have a deep, analytical understanding of the school's context and the challenges it faces."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school provides an ambitious and carefully constructed personal development programme."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The school's curriculum is ambitious and places no limits on what pupils can achieve."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should strengthen staff expertise so that pupils with the most significant gaps in knowledge and skills receive consistently effective teaching and support".

In its own words: "Our goal is simple; it is to ensure that all children reach their full potential and develop their areas of interest and talent. To support each child to become a positive role model and an excellent student To provide all children with a broad and balanced curriculum that promotes and celebrates our differences"

Coming up: an open day on Wednesday 4 November 2026, an open day on Wednesday 2 December 2026 and an open day on Wednesday 6 January 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils at Nightingale Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 97% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 82% and 81% in Greenwich and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 83% in reading and 93% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 24 families put Nightingale Primary School as their first choice and 93 named it as one of their preferences, for 26 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Nightingale Primary School are Notre Dame Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles); St Margaret's Church of England Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 87% reading, 82% maths); St Peter's Catholic Primary School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 80% reading, 77% maths); and Foxfield Primary School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 85% reading, 85% maths).

Nightingale Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Nightingale Primary School is one of 13 schools run by Maritime Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

37.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 44.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (34%), White British (18%) and Asian (13%).

The nearest railway station is Woolwich Arsenal Rail Station, about 760 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bloomfield Road / Plumstead Common Road, 100 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 885 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Greenwich (458), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Nightingale Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 1.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Nightingale Primary School are Plumstead Manor School (0.6 miles), Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School (0.7 miles) and Ark Greenwich Free School (1.1 miles).